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Oh god back in about 1986 when I was like 10 or 11 my parents bought me a VHS tape which was my LEAST favourite in my collection behind 20 or 30 other things and it was at the very end of the shelf (I grudgingly watched it a few times) - never knew it was an adaptation of a book until like last year.

It starred Julie Walters (better known these days for playing Mrs. Weasley in Harry Potter) who was his mum, and Beryl Reid as his gran. Haven't watched that VHS tape in over a decade, probably two. It's sitting gathering dust (like all the others) in a room in my dad's house.

I remember her telling a story about being admitted to hospital to have a baby. A nurse looked at the file with her personal details and said, "Oh, you've got the same name as that woman who writes those stupid books. How embarrassing!"

I enjoyed watching The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 and was pleasantly surprized when Adrian Mole: The Cappucino Years was aired on the BBC. Feel sad about Townsend's death, it feels like a another little piece of my youth has died.

A great loss, I never watched the show as it was all a bit before my time but I did read all of the Adrian Mole series when I was about 13/4/5 and loved them to bits even if it did lead me to fear writing at that age in case I myself became a pretentious idiot like Adrian!

"The tap drips and keeps me awake / In the morning there will be a lake" – Adrian Albert Mole, aged 13¾.